“SEARCHING FOR MY PATHWAY TO GREATNESS” a poem about how I realized that my writing work is meant to serve an ever higher purpose in loving expression
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT—Daily Journal Of Transformational Writing
Volume 8, Issue # 848 for Thursday, March 21, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 501 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan to encourage you to seek, find and follow your own highest purpose and pathway to true greatness from now on…
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
SEARCHING FOR MY PATHWAY TO GREATNESS “Speak from your heart, Speak from your highest, purest truth And your voice will be Heard all over the world.” —Yeshe Gyamtso I read the lives Of great writers Who made their mark, Now gone from Earth— Their struggles and pains, Their loves, losses and families, Their creative pathways through Days now gone beyond. From them, much to be learned, For they already went the Way I am going now, though We share different destinations. I have found that fame And acclamation are meaningless, Except for how this power may Be used for positive ends. Many are wounded by it And see themselves bleed In ways confusing and Hard to understand. Few actually fulfilled the divine Purpose they were sent here for— Most rarely touched The treasure house within. They rarely rose above the Illusions played about them— None penetrated through to The realm of truth. Even the greatest may be Great in the world’s eyes, But few have done the work God sent them here to do. Do not think I say this With arrogant pride, Because of feeling I am somehow Different from the rest, For I am not— All who come here to Earth Are affected by this material plane’s Painful picture show. I have sought through their lives Like a pilgrim thirsty for blessing, Like a blind man seeking The taste of light, For even one Who remained true To the task he Came here to do, And it has been With disappointed eyes That I found no one Upon whom to rely— I have learned to turn Within for inspiration and To heed the ceaseless inner demand For this prolific flow of words. Through this I have received the Great joy of spontaneous creation— Without caring what the world says, I swim in internal luminous elation. The great one’s lives have Shown me all of us are the same— And that how we live is much More important than the game. November 14, 1986 Still Mountain Retreat
THE GAMBLE OF LIFE TAKES BRAVERY
I have had a lover’s quarrel with the world.
I have often said that every poem
Solves something for me in life…
I go so far as to say that every
Poem is a momentary stay against
The confusion of the world.
—Robert Frost
A PROFOUND and HEART MELTING POEM by W.H. Auden
You absolutely love this performance by Tom O’ Bedlam along with the music and beautiful video that make a deeply moving experience….I share it here because this poem does for us what I seek to do in all my poems…which is to reach your deepest heart, mind and soul through meaningful words lovingly told….
IF I COULD TELL YOU by W.H. Auden, Performed by Tom O’Bedlam
Original Revelations Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das
“When God is the center and focus of my life, everything else falls into it’s rightful place.”
—Chinmayan
“We all need to find a way to use our talents and abilities to express the great Love just waiting and wanting to be shared from our hearts in creative flow for the benefit of the world….”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
These lines strike so close to home:
"All who come here to Earth
Are affected by this material plane’s
Painful picture show."
And oh, how life can be such a painful picture show. Why we wait so long, maybe even forever, to look within for life's true purpose is a mystery.